Celebrity Evertonians

They may have fame and fortune but there is a select band of celebrities
who are as badly off as we are when it comes to football.

Below is a list of people in the public eye who are either known to or believed to follow Everton. Some of the following are tenuous, others disputable. Please feel free
to write in and challenge a
listing or suggest others. Remember, sports broadcasters are
notorious for hiding their true allegiances; what someone heard them say
in a bar one night may not necessarily be true! There is obviously a
grey area to this feature and we haven't listed famous ex-players and
managers who haven't gone on to post-football careers in the public eye,
nor are we listing current or former Everton players, even if they are known Blues like Tom Davies, unless they remain in the public eye and are vocal in theor support of the club.

Music
& Entertainment

Ian
Astbury

Lead singer of The Cult

James
Barton

Creator of Cream, the nightclub

Ian
Bell

Lead singer with Gomez

Mary Berry

Celebrity chef says she's never been to Goodison but she's an Everton fan

Pete Best

Former Beatles drummer

Tony
Blackburn

BBC Radio 2 stalwart

Andy Bush

Absolute Radio presenter

Cahill

Liverpool DJ who took his name from his favourite player and scored a Top 40 hit witth Trippin' on You

Neil
Caple

Marty from Brookside

Alan
Clarke

Late film director

Rob James-Collier

Actor and model who plays scheming under butler Thomas Barrow in Downton Abbey

Paul
& Oliver Collyer

The brains behind the successful
Championship Manager computer games

Jodie Comer

Liverpool-born BAFTA-winning actress, known for Killing Eve, Thirteen, Lady Chatterley's Lover and My Mad Fat Diary; her Dad, Jimmy, is a masseur at the club

Kenneth
Cope

Randall and Hopkirk, deceased

Sharon
Corr

One of the three stunning sisters from Irish band,
The Corrs. Her uncle Peter Corr played for Everton — does that
mean Andrea, Caroline and Jim are Blues as well then?

Dead 60s

Three of the four members of this new band are Blues, apparently

Bill
Dean, RIP

Great scouse comedian; Harry
Cross in Brookside

Dame
Judi Dench

Oscar-winning actress and all-round good egg is
an avowed Evertonian and is honorary patron of Everton In The Community.

Late but revered Derbyshire-born actor who had Blue leanings, perhaps after a part in Z-Cars in the early 1960s but who followed Norwich after moving to Norfolk later in life

Quinton Jackson

BA Baracas in the A-Team remake is a fan because of his physio in the UK who is a Blue

Dominic
Johnson

Football commentator and Virgin
Radio DJ

Gethin Jones

Blue Peter presenter

Ken Jones

Late actor who starred in The Golden Visionand Porridge

Michael B. Jordan

Hollywood actor who says Everton is his team in support of his friend and Creed co-star, Tony Bellew

Sam
Kane

Brookside, Coronation
St actor; married to Linda Lusardi

Bill
Kenwright

Theatre impresario, former Coronation
St actor, now Everton chairman

Andrew
Lancel

Currently starring in The
Bill

Lee Latchford-Evans

Pop singer with Steps

Sophie
Lawrence

Played Ricky's sister in EastEnders
and had an aborted music career

John
Lennon

Although none of the Fab Four
came out strongly for either Merseyside team, the late Beatle
attended the 1966 FA Cup Final with Paul McCartney, lending
credence to the belief that John was more Blue than Red.
Furthermore, former Beatle drummer Pete Best apparently recently confirmed that when pushed John was definitely a Blue.

Mike
Lewis

Of UK band, Lost Prophets

Sean
Longworth

Member of the new band, The Crescent

Dolph Lundgren

The star of Rocky IV says, "I live in Los Angeles... But when I lived in Europe, I liked Everton."

Keavy Lynch

Singer from pop band B*witched

Chris Mason

Star of Legend, Vampire Academyand Between Two Worlds.

Lee
Mavers

Ex of The La's

Sir Paul
McCartney

Britain's wealthiest and perhaps
most famous musician is a Blue of sorts: "I went occasionally
to watch football. My family team was Everton and I went
to Goodison Park a couple of times with my uncles Harry and
Ron. They were nice memories for me, but I wasn't that
keen on football."

Sinead McGrath

Kathleen in the Farmer Michael sketches with comedian Steve Timothy

Liz
McLarnon

Pop singer with Atomic Kitten. Recently
refused an autograph to Lineker, saying she hadn't forgiven
him for leaving the Blues!

Andy
McNair

"Dan Hunter" in Hollyoaks

Damon
Minchella

Bassist with Ocean Colour Scene

Jimmy
Mulville

Comedian, head of the prolific
Hat-Trick Productions and major Everton shareholder

Gil
Norton

Music engineer/producer of bands
such as China Crisis, Pixies, Foo Fighters

Long-time ToffeeWeb reader was elected as Labour MP for Chester in 2015

Eric
Moonman

Professor; former MP and ESCLA
chairman

Bernie Mullin

President and CEO of Atlanta
Spirit, owner of the Atlanta Hawks basketball team

Steve Sinnott

General Secretary of the National
Union of Teachers

Tony Woodley

Tony Woodley, Gen. Sec. of the Transport and General Workers Union

Unsubstantiated
Connections

Arthur Askey

Liverpool-born comedian who many believe is a Chelsea fan but may well have been an Evertonian who watched the London blues because of the colour of their strip

Justin Bieber

The teen pop sensation raised eyebrows when pictured playing in Everton's third kit on Robert Earl's island in the Turks and Caicos in January 2015 but he's been snapped in Chelsea, Arsenal and Barcelona gear before.

Helena
Bonham-Carter

Actress (Planet of the Apes,
Fight Club, numerous period dramas)

Neil Buchanan

Aintree-born Art Attack presenter who, we're told, is a Red

Robert
Carlyle

The Scottish actor rose to fame
in Cracker playing a Red-loving nutter and repeated
the feat in the film, 51st State, but rumour has it
that Everton are the English team for this Rangers fan (or is it Celtic?!).

Frank
Carson

Irish comedian who we're told
could have been more into Arsenal

Helena
Christiansen

Apparently the Super Model's
Blue credentials were in The Echo, but along with Bonham-Carter,
could be made up

David Coleman

BBC presenter and MotD
commentator for many years, when presenting Grandstand on
FA Cup day in February 1966 that "his team" Everton had just
beaten Bedford Town away 3-0.

Dickie
Davies

Badger-haired Sports TV presenter

Les
Dennis

Family Fortunes
host who we're told is a Red, though his ex, Amanda Holden is a Blue

Nate
Dogg

A reader writes: "In a
recent magazine interview, Nate Dogg said when asked Liverpool
or Everton: 'Everton. I actually saw them play when I was a
little boy; they are my team.'"

Andy
Gray

If he could have two favourite
teams, Sky's loud-mouthed summariser would choose Everton and
Aston Villa, but his real soft spot does appear to be for Villa.

Sam
Kelly

aka Warren in Porridge

Jay-Z

A reader writes: "The rapper
loves the colour blue and this was shown when he joined in the
chants at a recent Charlton game when he was over here last."

Ken
Jones

aka Ives of Porridge
and The Golden Vision

John McEnroe

There is more than one photo of the tennis legend in an Everton shirt from an event at Calderstones a few years ago but it's not clear whether his solidarity with compatriot Tim Howard extends to him being an actual fan of the club.

Gerry
Marsden

Of "Ferry cross the Mersey"
fame who, like Cilla Black, apparently started out Blue but
was enticed to the Dark Side.

Shane
McGowan

A reader writes of The Pogues's lead singer: "I recently saw the Pogues play in Manchester and Shane McGowan announced his utter dissapointment at Man United's win over Everton and branded Rooney as a traitor."

Brian Nash

Guitarist with Frankie Goes To Hollywood;
the only 'Bluenose' in the band we thought, but his cousin writes to tell us that he's a Red.

Stephen
Norris

Conservative MP, Mayor of London
candidate. Evertonian by birth, he is now a Fulham season ticket holder.

Tom
O'Connor

We've had e-mails insisting
he's devout a red and yet more attesting to his Blue leanings:
1) His Everton memorabilia was on Through the Keyhole
recently
2) "A couple of years ago I met him at the match of the
day exhibition. As I was walking out he came over to talk to
me because I was wearing my Everton shirt. He said whilst giving
the talk he had spotted me on the front row because of the shirt
and wanted to talk to me. He also asked if I had seen a stand
that was selling Everton shirts, so he could buy one. I had
my photo taken with him and then, later on, I saw him again
he said (holding up a an everton shirt), 'got one,' smiled and
walked off." - Andy
3) I challenge the fact that Tom O'Connor is a Blue. He was
my teacher in a distant past and wore a Red badge in his lapel.
Always!
4) He is definitley a Blue, he said so in a column in last Saturday's Echo 01/10/05. I was suprised as I thought he followed the team from the crypt.

Michael
Owen

Along with Robbie Fowler,
Steve McManaman, Jamie Carragher
and Ian Rush. All boyhood Blues who were lured
to the Dark Side, so it's hard to say whether any of them can
be regarded as Evertonians now.

Matthew
Perry

Could Chandler Bing be
a Blue? Surely a wind-up!

The
Queen Mother

This has neither been proved
nor disproved but there is a persistent connection between Everton
and the Queen Mum, probably due to vivid memories of that handsome
devil Dixie Dean in the 1933 FA Cup Final and Everton's towering
status being on everyone's lips back when the old girl was in
her heyday.

London-born Brit musician. It was claimed during his childhood that his favourites were Andy Gray and Paul Bracewell but he'd have been 20 in 1985. Jury still out on this one...

Ian
Thorpe

According to Blue Kipper, the
Australian Olympic swimming hero is a lifelong Blue. A reader
insists he supports Spurs.

Mike
Tyson

Took a liking to Thomas "Mad
Dog" Gravesen after seeing him play. Whether that means
he now follows the Blues is another matter.

Venus
Williams

The tennis star fell in love
with Wayne Rooney during Euro 2004 and said that she would probably
support whichever team he played for. At the time that was Everton but...

Sir
Norman Wisdom

Comic genius of another generation was a lifelong Brighton & Hove Albion supporter and a member of their Board. Did he have a soft spot for the Blues?

Sir
Clive Woodward

England Rugby chief. Is he Everton
Blue or Chelsea blue? We've had adamant proclamations both ways.

Ridiculous
Assertions

Adolf
Hitler

"Rumoured to
have lived in Dingle in the early twenties, was supposed to
be that fond of the Blues that he watched them regularly and
was a big fan of the dangerous 'Dixie Dean', who inspired early
thoughts of aerial bombardment. Also the Observer
/ Independent wrote a ditty on Everton a few years ago
regarding Hitler, saying "the most hated man in the world
followed the Blues." Well, let's hope his penchant
for red had him leaning the other way!

Colonel
Gadaffi

If you believe a persistent
and surely ridiculous story, the controversial Libyan leader
had a thing for Everton. Rumour had it that after the
Blues played there under Gordon Lee in the late 70s, the Colonel
was impressed enough to change the Libyan national strip from
green to Royal Blue! But his son's recent enquiries about
Liverpool show that the family tradition does not extend to
Tripoli.

John
F Kennedy & Family

A reader writes: "Due to
their Irish ancestry. Tommy Eggo was a great favourite with
some of their elders."

The
Sultan of Brunei

No one is sure where the laughable
story that the world's then second-richest man wanted to buy
a stake in our beloved Blues came from, but it certainly wasn't
true. Ironically, though, ex-Blue Mike Lyons became the coach
of the Sultan's team in Brunei in 2002, so you never know what
Mick might whisper into his "shell-like".

Rejected
Connections

Craig
Bellamy

Newcastle striker who was alleged
to have an Everton tattoo on his arm, claims to have been a boyhood RS supporter

Halle
Berry

Hollywood actress. Her
Liverpool-born mother is supposedly a Blue. But Halle has now
categorically denied
being an Everton fan. Can it possibly get any worse?

John
Birt

Government guru and former head
of the BBC has been linked with the Blues, but someone who went
to his school claims he was torn between Liverpool and Manchester
United.

Cherie
Blair

The former Prime Minister's wife apparently
watched the Blues in the late 1960s, but we're told she's a
Kopite. Thank God!

Georgina
Bowman

Radio 1 News presenter ditched
the Blues along with her Evertonian boyfriend and now follows
Macclesfield Town.

Richard
Branson

This one keeps coming up but
so far we have nothing conclusive. Apparently he has roots in
Maghull but we're also told he's a Southampton fan

Bobby
Davro

Cheesey 80s comedian/TV personality
who developed an affection for the Blues in 83/84 but apparently supports Tottenham

Once lead singer of the Pale Fountains
and, more recently, Shack; apparently a Red, despite moves to
put him forward as an Evertonian.

Lenny
Henry

Comedian most notable for his
work with Comic Relief is a West Brom devotee.

Sophie
Howard

The Page 3 model rose to prominence
as the Everton rep in FHM Magazine's crass "Premiership
of Women" but numerous web sources insist she's a red.

Rod
Hull

Late entertainer and operator
of Emu who is believed to have
fallen off his roof while trying to improve his TV reception
so he could watch a Manchester United game. He was a Bristol Rovers fan, apparently.

Goran
Ivanisevic

May have grown fond of the
Blues when Slaven Bilic was at Goodison but he has recently declared his allegience to West Brom of all teams!

Samuel
L Jackson

Developed an affinity for football
while filming 51st State on Merseyside. While
it was at first thought that he favoured the Blues, his recent
TV appearance sporting a Liverpool cap and red-carpet appearance with a Reds replica shirt confirms he was brainwashed
by the dark side.

Stella
McCartney

Fashion Designer; daughter of
Beatle Paul, although we're told her dog's name is "Red"
and wears a red collar so...

John
Motson

Football commentator whose first
match was Everton; they say he has retained a fond spot for
Everton but he is known more for his Tottenham leanings. Others
have suggested a fondness for Charlton Athletic.

Dermot
Murnaghan

Suave ITV News anchor. His Blue
credentials have been challenged by readers. A Gooner we're
told.

Says he was a Chelsea fan in the 60s (used to go
to games with Eric Idle), stopped going when they sold Osgood et
al but picked it up again and has been a Man Utd fan for the
last twenty years... Glory hunter!

Heidi
Range

Ex-Atomic Kitten now of Sugababe... apparently prefers the Shite

Natalie Sawyer

Sky Sports presenter was apparently charmed by the Blues at the 1995 FA Cup Final but she's a confirmed Brentford fan since childhood

Matt
Smith

Even though a reader writes: "My Uncle went to school
with him, and now works with him. He is most certainly a Blue," he's a red according to a few irate
e-mails and his own entry on the Radio 5 Live site where he makes a couple of references to Liverpool, including wanting to be Steven Gerrard for a day.

Sharlene
Spiteri

Apparently once featured in The Mirror with a Blues
strip on, Thierri Henry once celebrated a goal by revealing
a T-shirt congratulating the Texas singer on the birth of her
baby indicating she might be a Gooner, but we're told she's a confirmed Celtic fan.

Jeff
Stelling

Sky Sports presenter is a Hartlepool
United supporter, apparently.

Phil
Taylor

A reader writes of the darts
champion: "Where is Phil "the power" Taylor?
Wasn't he paraded at goodison as a fan recently?" Apparently
not, as we're told he's a Port Vale fan.

Roger
Taylor

Queen drummer who supposedly
fell in love with the Blues after the Cup Winners' Cup triumph
in Rotterdam but is apparently a Chelsea fan

Clive
Tyldesley

Football commentator whose voice
graces the video of the 1986-87 Championship season, but is
apparently a follower of Manchester United, Manchester City,
Nottingham Forest, or Liverpool, depending who heard what from
whom...

Simon
Weston

Falklands survivor made famous
by a heroic battle against potentially fatal burns is a confirmed
Man United fan.

Paul
Whitehouse

The Fast Show
funnyman was rumoured to have been hooked on the Blues since
his dad took him to see the Blues play Luton years ago but he's
a Spurs fan.

Jodie Comer

Amanda Holden

Sylvestor Stallone

Tony Bellew

Rob James-Collier

Sir Paul McCartney

Ian Hart

Michael B. Jordan

Sharon Corr

Ian Astbury

Kenny Everett

Ian Smith

Liz McLarnon

Jenifer Ellison

Riddick Bowe

Dame Judi Dench

Sir John Hurt

Sir Norman Wisdom

Ed Stewart

Leonard Rossiter

Clare Sweeney

Jimmy Mulville

Kenneth Cope

Nicola Roberts

Freddie Starr

Matt Dawson

John Parrott

Austin Healy

Shea Neary

Graeme Sharp

Elton Welsby

Bill Bryson

Paul Preston

Brendan Barber

Sir Terry Leahy

Bernie Mullin

If you know of a famous Blue not on this list who would like to challenge the inclusion of someone above, drop us a line using the feedback form.